Robbery at Murphy Texas Bank Nets 12500
Western Union reports a bold burglary at the State Bank in Murphy Texas. The robbers escaped with 12500 after blowing the safe. Police investigate and seek suspects.
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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
10
Western Union reports a bold burglary at the State Bank in Murphy Texas. The robbers escaped with 12500 after blowing the safe. Police investigate and seek suspects.
A brief front page note reports that Lady Nancy Astor was elected to her husband’s former seat in the House of Commons by a majority of 4,000. Also listed are various global notices on finance, culture, and postwar events.
A historical notice lists salted horsehides with prices from 7.00 to 9.00 and discounts for headless hides. Includes pony hides and glue with prices 3.00 to 5.00 and a note of 50 cents deduction on headless stock.
Bar silver priced at $1.36 and 2 cents, copper at 21 to 22 cents per pound, lead at $6.75, spelter $7.88, tungsten per unit ranging from $7.50 to $12.00.
In Chicago the Eastern Live Stock report lists hogs with ranges from 12.50 to 14.00 for heavy, medium and light categories and packing sows at 12.00 to 13.50. Beef cattle show varied quotes from 6.25 to 20.00 for steer, heifer, cow, veal, and feeder categories with notable highs for prime and choice cuts. Sheep and lamb values appear with lambs at 12.50 to 14.75 and ewes 7.00 to 8.50, plus breeding stock at 6.50 to 11.25.
The report lists prices for eggs and dairy items including ee Butter Creamery, eggs firsts and ordinary firsts with marked prices, storage packed firsts 71c, and poultry live fowls turkeys with per unit percentages. Potato pricing shows Northern whites sacked at 2.80 to 2.95 dollars, bulk at 3.00, Western Russell at 3.45, Minnesota Reds at 3.30 per sack.
Market notes list Chicago cash grain quotes for corn No 2 at 1.45 to 1.50 with No 2 yellow at 1.49 to 1.50. oats No 2 white 0.754 to 0.77, No 8 white 0.72 to 0.75. rye No 2 1.46 to 1.47. barley 1.37 to 1.52. Timothy seed 8.50 to 11.50. clover seed 35.00 to 48.00. pork nominal. lard 25.25. ribs 19.50 to 20.50.
Ninety airplanes with pilots and observers for each will be used for forest protection in Oregon Washington California Colorado Montana Idaho and Wyoming for the coming year according to a decision by the committee of the Western forestry conservation service.
The U.S. note to Mexico, delivered in Mexico City, renews pressure for immediate release of American consular agent William Jenkins jailed at Puebla. It denounces Carranza’s stance, calls Mexico’s judicial excuses inadequate, and warns against diverting attention from bandit activity in Puebla. House Foreign Affairs Chair Porter says the State Department means business and cites Monroe Doctrine dangers.
In Macon Georgia an unidentified Black individual was killed by a mob after injuring Hansel Rosier Jr a farmer s son. The mob acted quietly and the body was found hanging from a tree near a church. Rosier is expected to recover per doctors.
North Dakota becomes the twentieth state to ratify the federal suffrage amendment as the House approves the joint resolution after Senate passage. A certified copy will be sent to Washington immediately.
Dr. L. M. Gomez reports a fierce assault by 1,000 Villa soldiers on the Eightieth federal regiment at Rancho Espasa north of Santa Rosa lia Chihuahua. The 676 men were massacred save two after Chapultepec officer was executed, as fighters sought vengeance for Felipe Angeles.
Washington information requested on how long U S soldiers will stay in Siberia whether Japan has a Siberian policy and the strength of British French Italian and Japanese forces in Siberia plus whether any selective service men are among the American troops in the region
Seven soft coal producing states agreed to accelerate production and urged a federal fuel administration with state administrators to be set up immediately. They also pressed for equitable coal distribution under uniform rigid rules across states.
The Red Cross Christmas Seal drive runs December 1 through 10 nationwide. Arizona and New Mexico quotas total 75 000 and 59 950 respectively as governors challenge each other. Arizona reports strong seed oil and olive oil showing while New Mexico notes smut campaigns and rising farm incomes. Local notes cover census, school closures, new post office sites, and oil lease revenues.
Promote laundry additive Red Cross Bag Blue for whitening linens sold at grocers for five cents.
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